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Photographer:

vjagannathan

Location of Photo:

Washington D.C.

Date/Time of photo:

13-14 April 2023

Equipment:

Scope: WO Zenith Star 81mm f/6.9 with WO 6AIII Flattener/Focal Reducer x0.8; Cooled Camera: ZWO ASI 2600 MC Pro at 100 Gain and 50 Offset; Mount: iOptron GEM28-EC; Guider: ZWO Off-Axis Guider; Guide Camera: ZWO ASI 174mm mini; Focuser: ZWO EAF; Light Pollution Filter: Chroma LoGlow Broadband - 2"; Software: Pixinsight.

Description:

Going from bottom right to top left in this image of Markarian's Chain are M84, M86, NGC4438, NGC4435, NGC4461, NGC 4473 and NGC4477. Other objects, not named here, are also present. The inset shows a cropped view of Markarian's Eyes NGC4438 and NGC4435. I photographed Markarian's Chain on 13-14 April 2023 from a Bortle class 8 area. Having acquired 37x300s subs, which equates to 3.1 hours of total exposure, I processed the data in Pixinsight.

Website:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/vasu-jagannathan/albums/72177720305080806

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